Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15670 Elected
Labour 3383
Liberal 2273
Independent 1657

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17685 Elected
Labour 11050

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14558 Elected
Labour 13440

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19588 Elected
Labour 14371

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Feb, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11789 Elected
Conservative 11213
Liberal 2858

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18113 Elected
Conservative 17695
Liberal 5516

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27857 Elected
Labour 12822
Communist Party of Great Britain 909

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21268 Elected
Labour 15821

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19275 Elected
Conservative 12050

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 16142 Elected
Conservative 15774
Liberal 2949

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17731 Elected
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 17237

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15044 Elected
Labour 14365
Liberal 2219

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14203 Elected
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 12451
Liberal 2774

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12253 Elected
Conservative 10615
Liberal 3294

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13651 Elected
Conservative 9861
Liberal 2276

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10925 Elected
Conservative 9227
Liberal 1183
National Front 716

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over three hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in ...


your party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even including Isle of Wight nationalists.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Battersea South BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742046/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 06th May 2024